“We're going balls to the walls, guys. Our sneak and peak just turned inti a hostage rescue.” — Melissa Cutler Copy Share Image
Suspense is achieved by information control: What you know. What the reader knows. What the characters know. — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
“Here beneath the towering pines, by the river blue Farragut will ever stand, alma mater true” — Bruce A. Sarte Copy Share Image
For me, suspense is always harder and better than going for the quick, outright scare. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I don’t mind my friends calling me “Thornes,” but the fact of people calling me “Prickly Thornes” draws the line.” — Simi Sunny Copy Share Image
Suspense left my life a long time ago, now it has returned. I do not care for it. — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a high suspense writer. — Iris Johansen Copy Share Image
“Everybody has scars, and every scar has a story. Especially the ones you don’t see. Those go deeper. And cause more damage.” — Lotchie Burton Copy Share Image
“She had her sonar continually set for excuses to entertain, to bring together influential and powerful people in a mix that hummed,… — Kate White Copy Share Image
“Her immediate impulse was one of self-preservation. She was tied up in this somehow, she didn’t know why or how, but there… — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
Absolutely breathtaking, nail-biting, and edge-of-your-seat. Michael Koryta is a master at maintaining suspense and a hell of a good writer. THOSE WHO… — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
When you read a supernatural suspense story or a ghost story, or a horror story, the evil at play is something that… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
“Placing his suitcase on the seat next to him, he unbuttoned his suit jacket, loosened up his necktie and removed his fedora.… — Peprah Boasiako Copy Share Image
Subtle horror is where you rarely see the blood and gore. The violent people are called splatter-punks, who prefer graphic, unrelenting, violent,… — Richard Chizmar Copy Share Image
“She went weak in the knees and could barely walk as she followed him, trembling with fear. Her hopes for a happy… — Dianne Harman Cornered Coyote Copy Share Image
“She wanted his strong, capable hands on her blody and those soft lips locked with hers. She wanted to be held tight… — Melissa Cutler Copy Share Image
“I didn't look over my shoulder; there wasn't a sound behind me on the pavement, but I knew he was coming slowly… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Alannah?” He held her limp body waiting for a response. “Don’t do this.” He put his hand over the other cut whispering… — B.C. Morin Copy Share Image
“Should I talk to her friends?’ he asked softly, because he had to say something to take his mind away from the… — Elisabeth Rose Copy Share Image
How she might have felt had there been no Captain Wentworth in the case, was not worth enquiry; for there was a… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Living a horror movie cliché, so to speak?” Caleb softly replied. “I know this is hard to comprehend, especially since we study… — Davee Jones Copy Share Image
“But she had slept, she was positive. She knew it because of the dreams. Despite the comfort of her bed she had… — Katie Lynn Johnson Copy Share Image
“You have really great hands,” she said as he began to massage her butt. “If you ever need extra money, I think… — Paige Tyler Copy Share Image
Neanderthal man listened to stories, if one may judge by the shape of his skull. The primitive audience was an audience of… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
I'm a bit more of a suspense reader on the adult side, but my favorites were the ones I grew up reading. — Jennifer Armentrout Copy Share Image
There is much to admire in Peter Brett's writing, and his concept is brilliant. There's action and suspense all the way. — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
The biggest suspense of life is that we know who we want but we do not know who wants us. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Only God is the Giver and Master of Creativity and imagination because they are gifts that can only come from Him Alone!” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You gotta fish or cut bait,man.This has gone on long enough. You're playing with fire, every damn time you walk in this… — Karen Rose Copy Share Image
“I should put a bullet in you right now, you stubborn jackass.” “Good. I’ll have a scar to match the last time… — Katie Reus Copy Share Image
Suspense-is Hostiler than Death-Death- tho soever Broad, Is just Death, and cannot increase- Suspense-does not conclude-. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
The (Academy Award) ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons. — George C. Scott Copy Share Image
“We all have scars. Just because mine are hidden doesn’t make them any less painful.” — Nicki Salcedo Copy Share Image
A lot of the best suspense operates on a careful withholding of information as opposed to the doling out of information. — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
“Please don’t take offense, but I want no part of this family or what comes with it.” — B.J. Daniels Copy Share Image
Loved life is full of suspense, excitement, and adventure. Love makes the ride worthwhile. — Kishore Bansal Copy Share Image
When a skater steps on the ice to compete, the nerves, the tension, and sheer suspense of that moment make for great… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
Jekyll and Hyde, in particular, is such an important novel in terms of suspense and setting a perfect scene for crime — Alanna Knight Copy Share Image
You want to know the hardest thing about being smart? What? I pretty much always know what's going to happen next; there's… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
